Section: News & Summaries

Prime Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu has expressed support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. He announced this during the meeting with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, the President’s press office reports. “Territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine are important not only for you, but also for...

Ukrzaliznytsia railroad operator intends to launch Intercity train on the route from Kyiv to Mykolayiv, a southern port city 133 kilometers northeast of Odesa. Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kava who manages railroad sector reported the news in an interview with news portal ZTS. “We are now considering the possibility of...

Russia has promised to send the Minsk agreements signatories on the part of the so-called “DPR” and “LPR” Oleksandr Zakharchenko and Ihor Plotnytsky to the meeting of the Contact Group on Donbas, which complies with the requirements of the Ukrainian party. This was discussed during the Ukraine crisis talks in a...

On Thursday, January 22, terrorists have shelled a trolleybus in Donetsk, killing civilians. Shelling hit a passenger transport in the area, where there were no military clashes, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry press service reports. “The shelled trolleybus has been at a distance of more than 15 kilometers from the location of the ATO...

Permanent Representative of Ukraine to UN Yuriy Sergeyev asked the Russian delegation directly what specific Russian armed forces were doing in eastern Ukraine at the meeting of the UN Security Council on Wednesday. He even switched his speech from English into Russian to ask the question, the Ukrinform own correspondent reports. His question...

The meeting of the foreign ministers of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine on Wednesday evening in Berlin represented “not a breakthrough”, but brought “tangible progress”. This was stated by Germany’s foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, an Ukrinform correspondent reported citing the press service of the...

Sixteen Ukrainian soldiers have been wounded and captured during the fighting for the Donetsk airport. It has been reported by the press service of the Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense. “Sixteen members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been wounded and captured by terrorists during the fighting,” the Ministry noted....

Nothing and no one will undermine the unity of Ukraine ever. This has been emphasized by President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko in his congratulatory address to Ukrainians on the occasion of the Unity Day, posted on the Uriadovyi Kurier government’s newspaper website. “Nothing and no one will ever be able to undermine our unity. With...

The Russian occupation of Crimea and military operations in the Donbass conflict zone resulted in budget loss of UAH 5.3 billion of direct tax revenues. Deputy Chairman of Ukraine’s State Fiscal Service Anatoliy Makarenko made the statement during a hearing in Parliament’s committee on taxation and customs policy on Wednesday,...

U.S. alternate Representative to the UN for Special Political Affairs David Pressman notes that Russia stands out for its behavior not only in the conflict zone in Ukraine, but also in the UN Security Council. U.S. representative said this during the UN Security Council meeting on Wednesday, responding to accusations from Russia’s permanent...